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New Desert Blues at the Courtyard Theatre
Such is the plethora of venues in London at the moment that you can scarcely round a corner…
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Welcome Home, Captain Fox! at Donmar Warehouse
Welcome Home, Captain Fox! is a light-hearted yet at times also poignant comedy piece. Anthony Weigh reinterprets Jean…
By Luisa Kapp
Berlinale
Fei Cui Zhi Cheng (City of Jade)
If there’s one thing to be said for Midi Z’s documentary Fei Cui Zhi Chen (in English, City of…
By James Ager
Art
Botticelli Reimagined at the V&A
Sandro Botticelli, the great master of the Florentine Renaissance, painted some of the best-known artworks in the world…
By Anna Souter
Play
The Father at the Duke of York’s Theatre
“We will all be old eventually,” the central protagonist of Florian Zeller’s The Father, reminds us, rendering it…
By Georgie Cowan-Turner
Movie
London Has Fallen
Olympus Has Fallen, the exciting first instalment of the Has Fallen franchise, has been something of a Netflix…
By James Fisher
Play
Transports at the Pleasance Theatre
Transports, the first of Pipeline Theatre’s three plays, is currently enjoying a retour throughout the spring, bringing with…
By Laura Foulger
Movie
Time Out of Mind
The latest from writer/director Oren Moverman, Time Out of Mind is something of a rarity. It follows the activities of…
By Natasha Furlong
Play
The Solid Life of Sugar Water at the National Theatre
The National Theatre’s temporary theatre claims to celebrate original, ambitious and unexpected drama. Jack Thorne’s The Solid Life…
By Lorna Cumming-Bruce
Movie
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Kent Jones’ insightful documentary, investigating one of the greatest filmmakers and one of the most influential cinephiles of…
By Dominique Perrett